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Microsoft Isn't Laying Off Tens of Thousands to 'Invest' in Slop ('Hey Hi'), It's Laying Off Tens of Thousands Because It's Running Out of Money (and Willing Lenders): the layoffs are a sign of the business failing, not "hey hi" (whatever that is) replacing staff
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GNU/Linux Rises to New Highs in Angola, Africa in General is Abandoning Windows: Western media barely covers Microsoft layoffs in Africa, but in recent years Microsoft culled the workforce and even shut down entire operations
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